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Power hour: Feeling the benefit?
It is hoped that a change in the Government's position regarding benefits may open up opportunities for PMI. This month's discussion covers the expansion of cash plans, the role of trade bodies and the normally taboo subject of claims data sharing. Liz…
Rural appoints three regional development managers
Rural Insurance, the agricultural business insurance brand of UK General, has appointed three new regional development managers to work with brokers as part of a new business drive.
Pruhealth's buyout threatens end to PMI's reigning duopoly
The stranglehold that Axa PPP and Bupa hold over the private medical insurance (PMI) market could be loosened, following Pruhealth's acquisition of Standard Life Health (SLH).
Health news: Launch of hybrid PMI products test traditional cash plan waters
Traditional private medical insurance (PMI) providers National Friendly and Bupa are set to challenge the cash plan market with the launch of hybrid products, following a surge in intermediated sales in the sector.
News: Cash plans set to outdo PMI following broker sales boom
The cash plan market could overtake private medical insurance (PMI) in the corporate sector after providers reported significant growth in intermediated sales.
Bupa review endangers 300 jobs
Bupa Health and Wellbeing UK could axe up to 300 jobs as part of a restructuring programme.
Bupa could cut up to 300 jobs
The health care insurer has warned that between 200 and 300 jobs may be in jeopardy.
Taking the pulse of PMI
With a growing population and challenges ahead for government spending Emmanuel Kenning asks what the future holds for the PMI market.
Keep it zipped
The current subject on broker lips is PMI claims transparency, yet this was banned from discussion at a recent AMII meeting. In the absence of proper debate, Liz McMahon brings viewpoints together on the page